BBC CAPITAL: What would happen if we banned work emails at the weekend?

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According to Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology at Manchester Business School and president of the CIPD, the recent trend even spills into the way we access our work communications and projects.

Today, says Cooper, work emails are just a tap of a smartphone away. “You don’t carry your laptop around when you’re out to dinner, but you do carry your mobile phone,” he says. “The smartphone changed everything.”

Period31 Aug 2018

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  • TitleWhat would happen if we banned work emails at the weekend?
    Media name/outletBBC Capital
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date31/08/18
    DescriptionAccording to Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology at Manchester Business School and president of the CIPD, the recent trend even spills into the way we access our work communications and projects.

    Today, says Cooper, work emails are just a tap of a smartphone away. “You don’t carry your laptop around when you’re out to dinner, but you do carry your mobile phone,” he says. “The smartphone changed everything.”
    URLwww.bbc.com/capital/story/20180830-what-would-happen-if-we-banned-work-emails-at-the-weekend
    PersonsCary Cooper

Keywords

  • business
  • work life balance
  • email